Cougar Dash
January 27-31, 2020
The weekly newsletter of Cooper Middle School
The Cougar Dash will be emailed each week on Sundays at 5pm. The Cougar Dash contains important information and reminders of upcoming events.
Check our website regularly for information and updates
In this issue: This week at Cooper; Cooper's new AP; Third Quarter updates; Report cards; Spelling Bee winners; Rise Against Hunger; Cooper Career Day; IFTA; Yearbook; Private School Application Process; Upcoming events.
This week at Cooper:
January 27 - NO SCHOOL
January 28 - NO SCHOOL
January 29 - Day 1; QST Beginning of the Day; Baber Theatre One-Acts 2:30-4:30pm @ Cooper MS; Choir concert, 7pm @ Langley HS
January 30 - Day 2; Mission to Mars presentations, 2:30-4:30pm
January 31 - Day 3
Cooper Middle School's New Assistant Principal
Maureen McLoughlin, current Assessment Coach at Rachel Carson Middle School, has been selected as our new Assistant Principal effective February 5, 2020.
Maureen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the AP position. Maureen’s prior positions were Assistant Principal at Franklin Middle School, Literacy and Assessment Coach at Herndon Middle School, and Language Arts Curriculum Specialist for FCPS.
Third Quarter Begins - QST Beginning of the Day
QST will be from 7:30-8am on Wednesday, January 29. All students will receive a paper copy of their schedule during QST that morning.
SIS Update/Report Cards
FCPS Weekly Progress Reports will not be sent to parents from Tuesday, January 21st through Thursday, January 30th during second quarter grading and report card generation. Additionally, the Grade Book and Report Card modules in ParentVUE and StudentVUE will be closed from Thursday, January 23rd, at 4:00 p.m. through Saturday, February 1st at 6:00 a.m.
The second quarter ended on Friday, January 24th. Students will receive printed report cards during Block 7 on Friday, January 31st to bring home.
Congratulations to our 2020
Spelling Bee Winners!
 Congratulations to our 68 class representatives who faced many challenging words during our annual spelling bee.
Our winners were: 1st place: Zelmay Jan and 2nd place: Katie Fatianov.
The winning word: factotum. Factotum (noun): an employee who does all kinds of work.
A special thank you to parent organizers Helen Miller and Jackie Grayer.
Thank you for your contributions, but we are still short of our goal. Cooper needs to raise $3000 by January 30. At this point we have a little over $500. Please bring donations this week and consider donating online! Thank you!!!
Please consider an online donation. THANK YOU!!
Event Date: Saturday, February 8, 2020
We can only package the number of meals we purchase, so please donate to help us reach our 100,000 meals goal. Each meal costs only 34 cents to make. For just $5, you can donate nearly 15 meals; $15 will make nearly 50 meals and $50 will make nearly 150 meals. Make your tax-deductible donation today HERE! THANK YOU!!!
Each student is encouraged to donate loose change or money that they earn and wish to donate to Rise Against Hunger. Students will have the opportunity to bring in any money they would like to donate in January 2020. Cooper Middle School parents and families are also encouraged to donate to help us reach our Langley pyramid goal. Our goal will be reached if every child donated $5.00.
Please email LangleySHN@gmail.com if you have any questions.
This is a great event for the whole family! Don't miss out.
Cooper Career Day-Friday, March 20
For 7th Grade Parents and Guardians
This important event will be held on the morning of Friday, March 20th.
This event is for 7th graders.
If you would like to participate, please contact Michele Saint Germain at mvsaintgerma@fcps.edu as soon as possible. Participants will receive an email of confirmation right away with a follow-up email regarding a room assignment and equipment needed during the first week in March.
Our goal is to have a wide array of careers represented to expose our students to as many professions as possible. We appreciate your participation and willingness to share and make our Career Day a success. Each Participant will do four presentations.
Do you have a child interested in the Arts? Don’t miss out on registering for Fairfax County’s Institute for the Arts starting on February 3rd! Classes are first come first serve!
Visit the FCPS IFTA website at: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning-programs/camps-and-institutes-institute-arts-ifta
or follow IFTA on social media!
It's time to order your yearbook!
Order now and SAVE!
Yearbooks are $42.
Order online at www.yearbookordercenter.com
Our order number is: 5267
Do you want your student to be featured in the 2019-2020 CMS yearbook?
Please email jpeg photos to cooperyearbook@gmail.com
We will accept any photos, but are currently looking for: 2019 summer photos, sports photos, family/friend photos, first day of school photos, holiday photos, and students with their pets photos.
Private School Application Process
If your student is planning on applying to any private schools for the 2020-2021 school year, please complete the "Private School Request Form" and the "Parent Consent Form: SS-SE79" and submit them to the Student Service’s Office or to your counselor. Counselors will be emailing all records to the requested schools via an admissions email OR the school's portal. Please note these requests are due at least 2 weeks prior to the due date.
Transcript Fee: The first requested copy of the transcript is free; each additional transcript request is $5 per transcript. Payment is accepted through MySchoolBucks only. Cooper Middle School will not email transcripts until payment has been received. Example: If your student is applying to 3 schools, the 1st request would be free & you would pay a total of $10 for the 2nd & 3rd transcript.
Please visit our website for more information regarding required forms and teacher recommendations - Cooper Middle School Private School Requests
Upcoming events:
February 4 - PTO General Meeting, 7pm @ Cooper MS "Words Matter"
February 5-Student/Staff Basketball game, 2:30-4:30 @ Cooper MS
February 5-Rising 9th Graders Parent Night, 7-9pm @ Langley High School
February 12 - PTO Staff Appreciation Luncheon
February 17 - NO SCHOOL - President's Day Holiday
Questions? Please call the main office at 703-442-5800.
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